{"429271":{"#nid":"429271","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Charles Eckert Receives Sigma Xi\u2019s 2015 Monie A. Ferst Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Emeritus Charles Eckert has been honored with Sigma Xi\u2019s \u003Ca title=\u0022Monie A. Ferst Award\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sigmaxi.org\/programs\/prizes-awards\/monie-ferst\u0022\u003E2015 Monie A. Ferst Award\u003C\/a\u003E, which recognizes science and engineering teachers who have inspired their students to excel in research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESponsored by Georgia Tech\u2019s Chapter of Sigma Xi, the award consists of a medal and $10,000 as well as a day-long symposium focusing on the achievements of the winner\u2019s former students (to be announced).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore than 100 graduate students received their PhD under Eckert\u2019s guidance. Many of these have inspired subsequent generations of students after entering their own academic careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThroughout his academic career, Professor Eckert has been committed to both excellent teaching and research,\u201d says ChBE Professor Ronald Rousseau, holder of the Cecil J. \u0022Pete\u0022 Silas Chair. \u201cIndeed, he has emphasized how these often-separated activities come together to stimulate undergraduates and graduate students to learn their chosen field of study and to explore new horizons.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEckert obtained bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his PhD from the University of California-Berkeley.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter appointment as a NATO postdoctoral fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France, he joined the chemical engineering faculty at the University of Illinois. He rose through the academic ranks and served as department head at Illinois before moving to Georgia Tech in 1989 as professor and holder of the J. Erskine Love Institute Chair in Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EHis many honors through the years include: National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), three major awards from AIChE (Clarence Gerhold Award, William H. Walker Award, and the Alan P. Colburn Award), two major awards from the American Chemical Society (E.V. Murphree Award and the Ipatieff Prize), and the State of Georgia Regents\u2019 Research in Undergraduate Education Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Monie A. Ferst Award is named for an outstanding engineer and businessman, who received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech in 1911. While a student, Ferst became interested in scientific research conducted in an educational setting. In 1933, he and two other influential Georgians used their own funds to establish the Georgia Tech Research Institute, to make it possible for faculty members to conduct research, in addition to teaching.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the culmination of his life-long concern, his family and the Ferst Foundation established in 1975 a $100,000 trust fund for the Monie A. Ferst Award.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Charles Eckert Receives Sigma Xi\u2019s 2015 Monie A. Ferst Award"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Emeritus Charles Eckert has been honored with Sigma Xi\u2019s 2015 Monie A. 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